Bricoleur: A Tool for Tinkering with Programmable Video and Audio

摘要

UPDATED - March 3, 2019. This paper presents Bricoleur, a new tool designed primarily for children to create rich dynamic audiovisual projects on mobile devices. Building off of technology developed for the Scratch programming language, Bricoleur allows users to capture video and audio media, then use visual programming blocks to quickly construct complex, interactive, and multilayered projects. The programmability of video and audio assets enables new creative possibilities that do not exist in traditional timeline-based video editing software nor in existing programming platforms. Drawing from Seymour Papert's assertion that all learning is an act of bricolage - i.e., a process of constructing knowledge while dialoguing back and forth with creative materials - we describe the design of an initial prototype of Bricoleur, which emphasizes tinkerability as a primary design goal.